Yeah, I did consider a more ambitious version of this post, which wouldâve included a bunch of examples and case studies. One of them wouldâve been âwhy did I make this post?â, with the motivational range of:
L0: âI want to marginally drive up the costs of running LW for some reason, so Iâm uploading stuff to it.â
L1: âI believe itâs true and itâll improve othersâ ability to model the world.â
L2: âI believe itâll have good-according-to-me consequences if other people thought in this framework.â
L3: âThis is an attempt to inveigle myself with the people who believe in this framework.â
L4: âTomorrow Iâll be speaking to someone I want to socially dominate, they or someone else whoâd be present reads LW, and if the topic of Simulacra Levels is fresh in their mind, itâll marginally improve my social positioning.â
There is an analogous reasoning in the (very short) essay What You (Want to)* Want by Paul Graham
Oh, nice! I donât feel like I properly grok the recursion-limit thing and the cases when it applies, so itâs nice to get additional perspectives on it.
Yeah, I did consider a more ambitious version of this post, which wouldâve included a bunch of examples and case studies. One of them wouldâve been âwhy did I make this post?â, with the motivational range of:
L0: âI want to marginally drive up the costs of running LW for some reason, so Iâm uploading stuff to it.â
L1: âI believe itâs true and itâll improve othersâ ability to model the world.â
L2: âI believe itâll have good-according-to-me consequences if other people thought in this framework.â
L3: âThis is an attempt to inveigle myself with the people who believe in this framework.â
L4: âTomorrow Iâll be speaking to someone I want to socially dominate, they or someone else whoâd be present reads LW, and if the topic of Simulacra Levels is fresh in their mind, itâll marginally improve my social positioning.â
Oh, nice! I donât feel like I properly grok the recursion-limit thing and the cases when it applies, so itâs nice to get additional perspectives on it.